Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-01
RELIGIOUS FACTS.
cveezrss OF RELIGION IN TEE CITY
AND STATE.
Yn,erssting and Reliable Figures About
he Leading Religions organisa-
uons- Tbeir Work and Workers,

STATE STATISTICS.
-,ttuopiNI FplNtC'AL CHURCH
SotIH, ~ VIRGINIA
Nam berof churches, / 500; number
of iune,snt preachers, 81; local
rre,eher. $50; members, l2l 500;
taipe Of church property, l,5ij, 900,
contributions during 1856 for general
reIeious purposes, S2sS,750; paid for
ministerial support IN 1886 Iocsl
n,eacl els receive no salary, 1921, 100;
rumhr OF parscnsges, IS2; value Of
n,r.on,ges. s2l7.e0O; number Of sun
tay.echool scholars, u6,4oO.
The above includes no col0red NethO-
6ists nor members Of the Methodist
Protestant o. Methodist Episcopal
North Chsrche.. OF whom there are
in tho aggregate many thousands.
,,I,sfoNARv uAPti>t~ SIS VIRGINIA.
From The Baptist Year. Book for 1886
We compile The fallosi0g statistics Of
Tho Bspiis,s in Virginia Number Of
associations. A. number Of churches,
I.tos; number of ordained ministers,
sos number Of hap. MS during the
wear. II ls2 toial membership IN tie
State. 23s,22G These figures include
colored as well as white Bap,i9ts. Con-
tribu,ions to he General Association,
456,133.SH; TO ministerial support,
church.builiire. education, and general
religious objects, $50, $50.
IKI>BNITEtaN >INCD OIL VIRGINIA..
The following are The statistics of
the Synod for the year l0s6: Presby-
teIies, 10; ministers, 226 Identities,
10; candidates, 81; churches, $50;
elders, l,IGg; deacous, 92l added on
examination, 426; added on certid-
cate. ssS--totsl OF communicates, o.
4I4. Adults baptized, o25 infants
baptized, 1925; number in Sunday
schools, q j29 Contributions Sus-
tentstion. $lG 500; eyaugeliStic, s., o24;
invalid fund, - ol3; foreign missions,
SIG,TS2; education, 1854; publica-
ton, -, AS; Tuscaloosa Institute for
colored men; $1,000; presbyterial,
e272S. Pastors salaries actually paid,
tI2ll42; congregational, $75,52I
miscellaneous, SD 922. Increase over
Vrcyiousyear Ministers, II ; churches,
! communicates, l,S09 sunday
school scholars, 628. Decrease in con-
tIibutions to all causes, g., l34.
rP0TESTNNr EPISCOPAL CnURCu.
From the reports TO the last annual
Council Of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in Virginia We condense the
following: Bishops, 2; clergy, III ;
lsy-Ieaders. 4 combinations reported
by bishops, 1897 commandments.
1881. Sunday schools-Teachers,
1,G72, scholars, l2O29-I3,70l bsp.
sus--infauis, 400, adults, 1856
1855; contributions, SOL, 3j7.G3.
EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH.
VIRGINIA.
Number Of district synods, I num-
Der Of churches, 10; number OF COM
municants, about 1900; number Of
Sundsy-school teachers, officers, aud
scholars, 5000.
CATHOLIC DIOCESE on EICUNBND.
The annual record gives the follow
irg figures in relation to the entire do
cese:
Churches, 40; chspels and stations,
2o; piies,s on tine mission, 3 clerical
students, :; female religious institu-
lions, If; female academies, e male
parochial schools, Il; male pupils,
g93; female psrochial schools, l. fe-
male pupils, 1000; orphan ssylums,
.; number Of orphans, l07 ; benevO-
lent and charitable institutions, 4. OF
the charitable institutions in the diocese
Richmond possesses two-St. JOseph's
Orphan Asy lum, 60 orphans, and st.
SophiG's Home for the Aged, under the
care OF the Little Sisters OF the Poor,
having 100 inmates ard 10 Sisters.
Norfolk has the other tgO--a1 orphan
asylum and hospi;al--bOth under the
care Of the Sisters Of Charity.
Catholic population, 5000; cam
muuiors during the year, IS, 500; chill
dIan attending Sunday schools, . sos
parish school, $50; academies, l6j
baptisms-adults, 1913; infants, 700;
coufrma,ions, Col marriages, %
membership Of confraternides, $500
Of societies, Loo burials, 1873.
UuEcnOr CHRIST DISCIPLES. N
VIRGINIA.
There oro eleven District CoOpera-
tons in the State; churches, lj9;
number Of members, 1900; value Of
church property, 100000; amount
raised for local church work, $4,000;
amount raised for missions, 5000;
number Of preachers, IS; number Of
Sunday schools, 100; number Of pu-
pills, 1000.
The Virginia Christian Missionary
Society is an organization established
eleven years ago, composed Of Chris
tian men and women, who are entitled
10 membership upon the annual pay
mGnt Of certain amounts, and become
thereby lile-members, life. directors,
and annual members.
Tbs Society has done a grand work |
in supporting evangolists, aiding weak |
churches, and sustaining and fostering
mission points. IL is charging its |
power and Increasing its influence an
nually. Its special mission is to have
the gospel Of the Lord Jesus Christ
preached within tho limits Of Virginia.
4 State Cooperation meeting was
also organized in november. This is
convention Of the representatives OF the
churches, whose sole object is to send
cut eyargelsts. These two organiza.
tons are working together through a
joint board composed Of five members
of the State meeting and the Executive
Committee Of the Virginia Christian
Society.
There were many accessiOns to
The churches Of this rel siOus body dl.
ring the year 1850. laey profess to
preach the gospel Of Christ as il fell
fresh from the lips Of Christ and his in
spired apostles and plead for the union
Of Christians. \ return to primitive
Apostolic Christianity IS urged upon
III believers in Christ.
There are two Corporations OF CO.
oIed people, embracing i've preach